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The real income of a consumer is income in terms of:

A. Goods

B. Goods and survices

C. Goods and survices it can purchased

D. Monetary units

Correct Answer :

C. Goods and survices it can purchased


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If by doubling all inputs in the long run output is less than double, it is a case of:

A. Increasing returns to scale

B. Decreasing returns to scale

C. Constant returns to scale

D. Variable returns to scale

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The elliptical isoquant represents the:

A. Economic combinations of labor and capital

B. Uneconomic combinations of labor and capital

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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Under pure monopoly, there will be:

A. No distinction between firm and industry

B. One firm and no industry

C. No firm and no industry

D. None of the above

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Total profits are maximized at the point where:

A. TR equals TC

B. The TR curve and the TC curve intersect such that TR and TC lie at the same point

C. The TR curve and the TC curve are parallel and TC exceeds TR

D. The TR curve and the TC curve are parallel and TR exceeds TC

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Stable cobweb model is a:

A. Simple model

B. Dynamic model

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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Price leadership is associated with:

A. Collusive oligopoly

B. Non-collusive oligopoly

C. Cartel

D. Perfect competition

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The output where TC = TR & AC = AR:

A. Break-even point

B. Load point

C. Shut-down point

D. Revenue cost point

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The act of producing the output from more than one plant is concerned with:

A. Monopoly

B. Multi-plant monopoly

C. Bilateral monopoly

D. Price discrimination

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If the production function is homogeneous, the expansion path will be a straight line through the origin whose slope determines the optimal:

A. L/K ratio

B. K/L ratio

C. P/L ratio

D. P/K ratio

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The average product is given as:

A. Q.L

B. Q- L

C. Q+ L

D. Q/L

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The marshallian indirect utility function in the form of equation is:

A. x =a-bp

B. x =b-ap

C.

D. x = f(P)

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The firms in non-cooperative games:

A. Enforce contracts

B. Make contracts

C. Make negotiations

D. Do not make negotiations

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The critics of Sweezy model say that kink generates:

A. Frustration

B. Poverty

C. Uncertainty

D. Integrity

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In Bertrand model, the entry of new firms is:

A. banned

B. allowed

C. partially allowed

D. none of the above

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Identify the author of The Principles of political Economy and Taxation:

A. Alfred Marshal

B. J.S.Mill

C. David Ricardo

D. A.C.Pigou

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An economic model describing the working of an economy consists of:

A. Functional relationships

B. Family relationships

C. Economic position

D. Stagnant relationships

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Nash equilibrium says:

A. I am doing the best, I can given what you are doing

B. You are doing the best, you can given what I am doing

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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An indifference curve shows the bundles of two goods among which a consumer remains:

A. Indifferent

B. Different

C. In equilibrium

D. Dominant

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Production is a function of:

A. Profits

B. Costs

C. Inputs

D. Price

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Indifference curve represents:

A. Only two commodities

B. Only three commodities

C. More than three commodities

D. Any number of commodities

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The model which gives us information about price and output changes in different periods is:

A. Stable cobweb model

B. Perpetual oscillation

C. Both(a) and(b)

D. None of them

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Of the following commodities, which has the lowest price-elasticity of demand?

A. Car

B. Salt

C. Tea

D. House

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The law of variable proportions comes into being when:

A. All factors are variable

B. There is a fixed factor and variable factor

C. All factors are non-variable

D. None of the above

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Which is the correct statement?

A. The U shape of long-run cost curve is less pronounced than the short-run cost curves

B. The U shape of the short-run cost curves is less pronounced than the long-run cost curves

C. The U shape of the long-run cost curve is more pronounced than the short-run cost curves

D. The long-run cost curves are never U shaped

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The price consumption curve (PCC) for commodity X is the locus of points of consumer equilibrium resulting when:

A. The price of only Y is varied

B. The price of only X is varied

C. The prices of both Y and X are varied

D. None of the above

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Which is the other name that is given to the average revenue curve?

A. Profit curve

B. Demand curve

C. Average cost curve

D. Indifference curve

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Price elasticity of demand can be measured in the following way:

A. Percentage change in quantity demanded of a commodity divided by percentage change in price of that commodity

B. Change in quantity demanded of a commodity divided by change in price of that commodity

C. Percentage change in price of a commodity divided by percentage change in quantity demanded of that commodity

D. None of that commodity

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An exceptional demand curve is:

A. Downward sloping

B. Upward sloping

C. Horizontal straight line

D. Vertical straight line

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AR curve under perfect competition:

A. Slopes downwards to the right

B. Slopes upward to the right

C. Is vertical to the x-axis

D. Is horizontal to the x-axis

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In cournot model, during the process of adjustment, the number of firms:

A. Donot change

B. Change

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above